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Long-Term Impact of Good Teachers
Does having a good teacher have long-term effects on student outcomes? The answer, according to a sophisticated study tracking over 1 million students from a large urban school district from fourth grade into adulthood, is a resounding affirmative answer. The authors … Continue reading
Three New Posts on Education’s Key Role in Economic Growth and Personal Earnings
Today I uploaded two new posts on the key role education plays in aggregate economic growth (posts 1 & 2 below) and a third post explaining the impact education plays in understanding the variation in earnings (post 3 below) . … Continue reading
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How to Increase Economic Output by $112 Trillion!
Are you interested in improving economic growth and personal income in the U.S.? Here’s one way — good teaching. Take a look at the following graph. Analyzing the impact of good teachers (based on student achievement) and the impact of … Continue reading